The Dark Shadow Shrine

embrace the darkness; that you may see the light nestled within it......

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Businesses Going GREEN (but not with envy)

Went shopping today and see what I discovered at Marks&Spencer:

















and Bossini (usually 'bo-si-mi' but today....:











For those who have done the 2010 compre on Babette's Feast, you should be able to see how all those major concerns of food are being acknowledged and addressed by Marks&Spencer -- fair wages to farmers? endangered species? chemically modified? This testifies to the trend of social/environmental responsibility of firms (also known as CSR: Corporate Social Responsibility) nowadays in a bid to enhance their appeal to the educated and hence more enlightened consumers of today.

Note concept of Fairtrade. Buying products labelled with the Fairtrade seal will ensure that the farmers who produced them are paid fair wages and not exploited by the big companies who sell the products to us. But the downside is that Fairtrade products typically cost more than the regular ones. See my previous article on Fairtrade which is in Chinese.

Qns: 
-Environmental concerns and economic growth cannot co-exist. Do you agree? (Cambridge 2011)
-To what extent should businesses be socially responsible? (SAJC Prelim 2011)
-Should profit be the only thrust driving businesses? (VJC JC2 Common Test 1 2012)